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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS San Angelo, TX

May 29, 1990Irion County, Tom Green County, Texas

NWS San Angelo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1990, 6:02 PM CDT for Irion County, Tom Green County, Texas. It was in force for 58 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 1990, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 1990, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS San Angelo, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Irion County, TX, Tom Green County, TX

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 29, 6:37 PM CDTHail 2.75Irion, TX
May 29, 7:08 PM CDTHail 1.75Tom Green, TX

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 155 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 439 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 266 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
439 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-195 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
266 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
314 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSJT 292302
SVRSJT
TXC235-451-300000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX
602 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN ANGELO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
 
IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS
 
   ...NORTHERN IRION COUNTY...NORTHERN TOM GREEN COUNTY
 
AT 6 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...5 MILES NORTHWEST
OF CARLSBAD...13 MILES NORTH OF MERTZON AND 17 MILES NORTH OF
BARNHART. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 MPH.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

Everything else NWS San Angelo, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 29, 4:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTSterling, Tom Green69 min
May 29, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningSJTTom Green62 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.